Keely Hodgkinson defends her 800m title while Jazmin Sawyers wins gold in the women's long jump at the European Indoor Athletics Championships in Istanbul.

Keely Hodgkinson successfully defended her 800m title as Great Britain won a further two gold medals on the final day of the European Athletics Indoor Championships in Istanbul.

The 21-year-old - who celebrated her birthday on Friday - dominated the field to win with a time of 1:58.66, comfortably ahead of Slovenian silver medallist Anita Horvat (2:00.54).

France's Agnes Raharolahy clinched the bronze medal with a time of 2:00.85, and Hodgkinson would share European elation with Jazmin Sawyers, who became continental champion in the women's long jump.

Twenty-eight-year-old Sawyers led the way with a world-leading distance of 7.00m, fending off the threat of Italy's Larissa Iapichino, whose national record of 6.97m was only good enough for silver.

Serbia's Ivana Vuleta finished on the final podium spot with 6.91, as GB's European champions Hodgkinson and Sawyers - who cut a stunned figure - embraced on the track.

GB end the European Athletics Indoor Championships third in the medal table behind Norway and the Netherlands, having won three golds, one silver and two bronzes in Istanbul. body check tags ::

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